LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment: Deploying Secure Directory Services [Paperback]

Michael Haines (Author), Tom Bialaski (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0131456938 | ISBN-13: 978-0131456938 | Publication Date: September 27, 2003 | Edition: 1

LDAP in the Solaris Operating EnvironmentDeploying Secure Directory Services *Provides an in-depth discussion of Solaris Operating Environment security methods and how they relate to LDAP as a naming service*Covers migration planning tips from NIS/NIS+ to an LDAP-based naming service including capacity planning*Presents an overview of LDAP tools and toolkits, and how they are used to administer LDAP as a naming service*Discusses performance principles and benchmarking techniques for optimizing directory server performance LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment is a follow-on to the Sun BluePrints book Solaris and LDAP Naming Services, and describes the significant improvements to the Solaris LDAP client and directory server. Deploying the Solaris Secured LDAP Client is covered in detail. This Sun BluePrints book introduces NIS/NIS+ migration tools and techniques to aid in the transition to an LDAP-based naming service. Troubleshooting tips, examples of extending Solaris authentication methods, and examples of extending Solaris authentication methods using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework are provided.

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LDAP in the Solaris Operating EnvironmentDeploying Secure Directory Services

• Provides an in-depth discussion of Solaris Operating Environment security methods and how they relate to LDAP as a naming service

• Covers migration planning tips from NIS/NIS+ to an LDAP-based naming service including capacity planning

• Presents an overview of LDAP tools and toolkits, and how they are used to administer LDAP as a naming service

• Discusses performance principles and benchmarking techniques for optimizing directory server performance

LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment is a follow-on to the Sun BluePrints book Solaris and LDAP Naming Services, and describes the significant improvements to the Solaris LDAP client and directory server. Deploying the Solaris Secured LDAP Client is covered in detail. This Sun BluePrints book introduces NIS/NIS+ migration tools and techniques to aid in the transition to an LDAP-based naming service. Troubleshooting tips, examples of extending Solaris authentication methods, and examples of extending Solaris authentication methods using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework are provided.

About the Author

Michael Haines is a principal staff engineer for Sun Microsystems, Inc. He started his career in the CTE engineering group and has been at Sun almost 14 years. Michael has held various engineering positions within Sun, and he is the coauthor of the Sun BluePrints Solaris and LDAP Naming Services--Deploying LDAP in the Enterprise, published in 2001. Tom Bialaski is a senior staff engineer in the Enterprise Engineering group at Sun Microsystems. He began his career at Sun as a systems engineer almost 20 years ago and has held various customer-focused engineering positions since then. Tom is the coauthor of the Sun BluePrints Solaris and LDAP Naming Services--Deploying LDAP in the Enterprise, published in 2001.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (September 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131456938
• ISBN-13: 978-0131456938
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,937,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Solaris

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really usefull!!, October 29, 2004

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This review is from: LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment: Deploying Secure Directory Services (Paperback)

I've been thinking about deploying LDAP in the Solaris Environment and last year I bought a previous version of this book (ASIN: 0130306789 ), but it was really a disappointing experience. The book was telling mostly about what LDAP is, but not much about how to use it in Solaris.

The new version is great. It tells you what you can use LDAP for, how to plan, deploy and support services. It also covers recent version of Sun Directory Server (5.2) and 2 the most popular versions of Solaris (8 and 9).

Highly highly recommended.